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EcoStar Update

Hello All,

its been a while since I have posted. As some of you may recall from my earlier posts on this pump I had issues in the beginning as others did with water level in the bowl, priming, etc..... Even posted some YouTube vids.... Anyhow those issues were finally solved.

However I wanted to update you all on my recent issue which in my case, seriously cause me to doubt the longevity of these pumps and the standard Hayward 1 year warranty.

My pump died after 14 months of use. Definitely a bearing problem. $1200 for a pump with a 1 year warranty is hard to swallow, let alone that it fails. Hayward would not cover the pump. However my local PB helped me as I upgraded to this pump and he was able to swing the Totally Hayward Warranty and get it covered.

Re: EcoStar Update

Had a lot of problems with my new ecostar as described before last summer. I have a new pump now because the first one had bearing issues like yours. Lucky I was able to get an exchange for free because I wined a lot. I think the failure was because of a failed prime though.